Oklahoma history

Ahead of Oklahoma City's historically big bond election next Tuesday, we're breaking down bonds to better understand how they work in Oklahoma and why they're so important to local government operations.

Nearly 60 people gathered at the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum on Wednesday to reflect on the Oklahoma Standard and reset after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and the divisive rhetoric that has followed.

A Tulsa pastor is taking the first steps to designate a new state holiday. According to an initiative petition filed with the Oklahoma Secretary of State, Greenwood Remembrance and Reconciliation Day would "recognize and honor the victims and survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre."

Edward McCabe helped establish an all-Black Kansas town on his mission to create a state inhabited and run by freed slaves. In a new book, author Caleb Gayle writes about how McCabe earned the nickname of "Black Moses" and what his quest for liberation meant.

The Threatt Filling Station along Route 66 near Luther was an oasis for people of color traveling through Oklahoma during the Jim Crow era. A monument dedicated to preserving that history was unveiled last week.

Author Caleb Gayle is coming to Tulsa and Oklahoma City with his new book, Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State. He spoke with KOSU's Matthew Viriyapah about Edward McCabe and his quest to make Oklahoma a Black state.

The Making of Killers of the Flower Moon features 190 pages of reporting and photography from the filming of Killers of the Flower Moon, courtesy of the Indigenous news outlet Osage News.

The Caddo Nation mourns the loss of beloved elder Edmond Johnson, the tribal nation's last fluent speaker. Despite his recent passing, Caddo language preservation efforts continue, with his legacy in mind.

The joint Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency presented a report Thursday detailing the degree to which state agencies comply with mandated reporting of various aspects of their work. Findings indicate that the system for submitting information requested by lawmakers is broken, but not irreparable.

More than a decade of faulty budgeting practices and mismanagement at the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health contributed to the agency's recent financial crisis, according to an investigative report.